pabulum vs food

pabulum and food both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pabulum	Yes	No	No	No
food	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, food is a hypernym of pabulum; that is, food is a word with a broader meaning than pabulum:

Other hypernyms of pabulum include food for thought, intellectual nourishment.

As nouns, food is a hypernym of pabulum; that is, food is a word with a broader meaning than pabulum:

pabulum: any substance that can be used as food
food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

Other hypernyms of pabulum include nutrient.

pabulum (noun)	food (noun)
insipid intellectual nourishment	any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
any substance that can be used as food	anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
	any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment